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If you have a moment any time, some critique would be more than appreciated. I know that frame 2 is off, but the whole thing sort of feels wrong, like it moves too fast, jerks around a bit. I hope maybe that I can fix my mistakes and understand more, probably study another cycle before I go onto work on my own attempt at a cycle.

Woops. I simply misplaced one of the files, accounting for one of the missing frames. The other one I'll need a little bit to fix, but I'm gonna try to do it before I go to bed in a couple of hours. Thanks, John.

Expect a revolution every week?They should expect it if there gonna suck the whole time. Hearing it like this makes it a wonder how were they used to be studios with values and skill. Maybe the rest of us should build or own underground studios? Make commercials better than most TV shows.

Mr.K since so many fans are dedicated to really fixing Television can you ask some of the more talented kids to make Youtube commercials for you and ASIFA? Cause I have some plans in mind but they can't be initiated yet.

You should emphasize on developing a character.Characters like Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer Fudd all started out completely different then what they eventually became. You can even see examples in live action. One that pops into my head is Edith Bunker. In her early appearances she was actually sarcastic before she became the more submissive to Archie.

Im a student and in my school we did a short program. I designed most of the characters, but the animators destroyed them. Now, I hate the short and my characters. What I learnt is that although you have great characters, you must find animators who really understand them (Not only the classic "model sheet). When I tried to animate them, and make more expressive, they told me: "Hey, man, they are Off model, the eyes dont look like this!." Finally, I got really tired and did what they say. Really frustrating.

John, I know you think Seibert's attempt at a shorts program at CN ("What-a-cartoon! but retitled Cartoon Cartoons! years later) was only somewhat successful, but what did you think of his idea to air every pilot short they made and then have the viewers vote for which they wanted made into a series? The one with the most votes winning automatically?

This system gave us the series "Billy & Mandy," "Megas XLR" and "Sheep in the big city" and others.

One one hand, you could say that was democratic and giving fans what they wanted...

On the other hand, you could say that defeats the idea that units should grow together under one director, and that it didn't leave any rooms for directors to make mistakes.